Best of #econtwitter - Week of May 22, 2022 [1/3]
Welcome readers old and new to this week’s edition of Best of Econtwitter. Thanks to those sharing suggestions, over email or on Twitter @just_economics.
This is part one of three.
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Paper summaries
![Twitter avatar for @andy_garin](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/andy_garin.jpg)
^“We found it was largely a shift in what people *report* to the IRS, not a shift in what work they *do*”
![Twitter avatar for @andy_garin](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/andy_garin.jpg)
![Image](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFTORLFVXoAQ71r0.jpg)
![Twitter avatar for @gamblingondev](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/gamblingondev.jpg)
![Image](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFS26iTkXsAEtf_f.jpg)
^Chris Blattman also summarizes here
![Twitter avatar for @alison_andrew1](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/alison_andrew1.jpg)
![Image](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFS3tBk2WYAMRVtB.png)
![Twitter avatar for @ShengwuLi](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/ShengwuLi.jpg)
![Twitter avatar for @JustinSandefur](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/JustinSandefur.jpg)
![Image](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFS6jIxoXwAQgCPB.jpg)
![Twitter avatar for @A_agadjanian](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/A_agadjanian.jpg)
![Image](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFTGcviRUsAIq6u3.jpg)
![Image](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFTGdAcIVEAAV69K.jpg)
Public goods
![Twitter avatar for @EddieYang_](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/EddieYang_.jpg)
![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,h_314,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5e39a17-ea44-4ba5-9652-272aaad110ef_1200x648.png)
^this works for econ too, and works shockingly well
![Twitter avatar for @NicoRavanilla](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/NicoRavanilla.jpg)
![Twitter avatar for @Chris_Said](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/Chris_Said.jpg)
![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,h_314,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2003177-83a0-47cb-a26c-d6cae3f9e194_1199x630.jpeg)
Interesting discussions
![Twitter avatar for @EJLongman](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/EJLongman.jpg)
![Twitter avatar for @hagertynw](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/hagertynw.jpg)
![Twitter avatar for @ho_ben](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/ho_ben.jpg)
![Twitter avatar for @ProfFionasm](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/ProfFionasm.jpg)